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| Title | Hastings from the London Road | |
| Collection | Hastings Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Artist | Aglio, Agostino Maria (Italian painter and scenographer, 1777-1857, active in Great Britian) | |
| Date Earliest | about 1820 | |
| Date Latest | about 1830 | |
| Description | In this painting Aglio depicted the landscape around the town of Hastings. The view is similar to his Entrance to Hastings from the London Road (inv. no. HASMG:951.10), although here the artist has chosen to represent the town from further away. This allowed more to be shown of the dramatic cliffs on which Hastings is set, making a pleasing and interesting composition. The painting reflects a growing interest in depicting local landscapes at the beginning of the nineteenth century that can also be seen in the works of English artists such as Constable and Gainsborough. |
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| Current Accession Number | HASMG:946.64.8 | |
| Subject | landscape; townscape; place (Hastings) | |
| Measurements | 41.0 x 60 cm.0 cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Unknown. | |
| Publications | Public Catalogue Foundation, Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in East Sussex, London, 2005, ill. p. 288. | |
| Notes | See also a similar view by the artist, inv. no. HASMG:951.10. | |
| Rights Owner | Hastings Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Author | Bryony Bartlett-Rawlings | |